A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Pacific$1,500/mo

Typical home $249K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $906/mo · Housing →

Boonville$1,160/mo

Typical home $200K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $767/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Pacific and Boonville.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Pacific places higher on 11 of 21 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B−PacificSafer than 47% of U.S. towns CBoonvilleSafer than 25% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−PacificBetter than 49% of districts in the state BBoonvilleBetter than 60% of districts in the state

Health

C+PacificHealthier than 40% of U.S. towns C−BoonvilleHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

11Pacific

9Boonville

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #157#6 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #89#231 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #81#195 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #169#70 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #43#122 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #192#99 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #118#56 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #201#142

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Pacific’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

PacificBoonville

Snow a year11″13″

January low—21°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—206d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)82nd 41st

Outdoors & history

PacificBoonville

Trails1 mi 6 mi

Conserved land1.3%3.4%

Settled—1817

National Register places1 30

Archive photos24 6

Famous people born here—28

Community

PacificBoonville

Library hours a week59 hrs 54 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

113 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PacificMO BoonvilleMO

Pacific ↔ Boonville113 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

PacificBoonville

People

Population 7,475Lowest 7,689Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.9%Highest MO: +2.8% -4.3%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 39.7±4.1Highest about the MO average 39.1±1.4Lowest about the MO average

Pacific and Boonville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 16%±3.3Lowest MO: 22.3% 21.9%±2.4Highest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 18.1%±3.7Lowest MO: 17.9% 19.9%±2.8Highest MO: 17.9%

Boonville and Pacific are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.3%Lowest MO: 32.4% 21.6%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±1.9Highest MO: 5.7% 2.1%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,860±$8kHighest 11% below MO $56,429±$9kLowest 20% below MO

Pacific and Boonville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $249,300±$23kHighest 8% above MO $187,900±$23kLowest 18% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $906±$92Highest 12% below MO $767±$105Lowest 26% below MO

Pacific and Boonville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,328Highest 20% above MO $1,265Lowest 35% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.1%±21.9Highest MO: 45.6% 41.7%±10.9Lowest MO: 45.6%

Pacific and Boonville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 5.5%Lowest MO: 12.6% 14.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64.9%Highest MO: 68.1% 63.1%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 7 yrs newer than MO 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 25% above MO 25 minLowest 7% above MO

Work from home 11.3%±4.1Highest MO: 13% 3.2%±1.6Lowest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 11.9%Lowest 28.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.31Highest 1.05Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (8%)Columbia (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BoonvilleFew work in Pacific

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 5.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.8Highest 35.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #158 of 226 in MO #132 of 226 in MO

School district DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · MERAMEC VALLEY R-IIIDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · BOONVILLE R-I

High school in town Pacific HighBoonville High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.4Highest 15.1Lowest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Pacific vs Boonville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Pacific

Pacific places higher on 11 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

113 miles apart

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